Posts made in February, 2014

Experience Just How Big the Universe is, in One Mind-Blowing Interactive

By on Feb 19, 2014 in Cool, Interesting / Important | 0 comments

You need a more recent version of Adobe Flash Player. Recently, NASA scientists combined data from the Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes to discover the most distant galaxy known to date. The galaxy, named Abell2744 Y1, was formed around 13.2 billion years ago when the universe was extremely young. As the universe is expanding, Abell2744 Y1 is currently closer to...

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